不然 bùrán otherwise

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Stroke order

不然 is written in 16 strokes across 2 characters.

不然 — the Chinese character for otherwise (bùrán), stroke diagram — Stroke diagram for 不然 — otherwise

不 — 4 strokes
然 — 12 strokes

Senses

not so
no
or else
otherwise
if not
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Characters in 不然

不 bù — no; not so; (bound form) not; un-
然 rán — correct; right; so

Character meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Related words

不然 is pronounced bùrán and means “otherwise”.

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